Juan Carlos I of Spain

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former head of state human king monarch

Juan Carlos I of Spain is the former King of Spain who reigned from 1975 to 2014 and played a key role in the country’s transition from dictatorship to parliamentary democracy.

Observed surface forms (5)

Surface form Occurrences
Juan Carlos 1
Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias 1
King Emeritus of Spain 1
King Juan Carlos I 1
King Juan Carlos I of Spain 1

Statements (51)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former head of state ⓘ
human ⓘ
king ⓘ
monarch ⓘ
abdicationDate 2014-06-18 ⓘ
associatedWith democratization of Spain ⓘ
birthDate 1938-01-05 ⓘ
birthPlace Rome ⓘ
surface form: Rome, Kingdom of Italy
child Felipe VI ⓘ
surface form: Felipe VI of Spain

Infanta Cristina of Spain ⓘ
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo ⓘ
continentOfCitizenship Europe ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship Spain ⓘ
educatedAt Colegio de los Rosales ⓘ
General Air Academy of San Javier ⓘ
Naval Military School of Marín ⓘ
Zaragoza General Military Academy ⓘ
father Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona ⓘ
fullName Juan Carlos I of Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
gender male ⓘ
givenName Juan Carlos I of Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Juan Carlos
honor Order of Charles III ⓘ
Order of the Golden Fleece ⓘ
honorificTitle Juan Carlos I of Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: King Emeritus of Spain
languageSpoken English ⓘ
French ⓘ
Spanish ⓘ
marriageDate 1962-05-14 ⓘ
marriagePlace Athens ⓘ
surface form: Athens, Kingdom of Greece
memberOfDynasty House of Bourbon ⓘ
militaryRank Captain General of the Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ
monarchOf Spain ⓘ
mother Princess María de las Mercedes of Bourbon-Two Sicilies ⓘ
notableEvent intervened against the 23-F coup attempt in 1981 ⓘ
played key role in Spain’s transition from dictatorship to parliamentary democracy ⓘ
notableFor Spanish transition to democracy ⓘ
politicalSystemDuringReign parliamentary monarchy ⓘ
positionHeld Head of State of Spain ⓘ
predecessor Francisco Franco ⓘ
reasonForEndOfReign abdication in favor of his son Felipe VI ⓘ
reignEnd 2014-06-18 ⓘ
reignStart 1975-11-22 ⓘ
religion Roman Catholicism ⓘ
residence Zarzuela Palace (former official residence) ⓘ
role Commander-in-chief of the Spanish Armed Forces ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ
spouse Queen Sofía of Spain ⓘ
style His Majesty ⓘ
successor Felipe VI ⓘ
surface form: Felipe VI of Spain
title King of Spain ⓘ
King of Spain ⓘ
surface form: Rey de España

Referenced by (25)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Spanish monarchy → associatedRulers → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Infante Juan, Count of Barcelona → child → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Felipe VI → father → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Infanta Cristina of Spain → father → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo → father → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
subject surface form: Zarzuela Palace
Juan Carlos I of Spain → fullName → Juan Carlos I of Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juan Carlos Alfonso Víctor María de Borbón y Borbón-Dos Sicilias
Juan Carlos I of Spain → givenName → Juan Carlos I of Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Juan Carlos
this entity surface form: King Juan Carlos I of Spain
Capetian dynasty → hasNotableMember → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
House of Bourbon → hasNotableMember → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Juan Carlos I of Spain → honorificTitle → Juan Carlos I of Spain self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Emeritus of Spain
Marquess of Dalí de Púbol → monarchWhoGrantedTitle → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Rey Juan Carlos University → namedAfter → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Infanta Elena, Duchess of Lugo → nobleTitleGrantedBy → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Colegio de los Rosales → notableAlumnus → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Colegio de los Rosales → notableAlumnus → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
this entity surface form: King Juan Carlos I
Order of the Aztec Eagle → notableRecipient → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Felipe VI → predecessor → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Queen Sofía of Spain → spouse → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ
Francisco Franco → successor → Juan Carlos I of Spain ⓘ